Bizarre toilets in the news

February 3, 2014

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A glow-in-the-dark toilet seat that a Melbourne hospital credits with a cutting of falls among elderly patients, in Melbourne, 08 September 2005. The hospital has installed the toilet seats, retailing for 60 dollars ($45 USD) and which have reduced the number of falls, particularly among patients who needed to relieve themselves at night.

WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images

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A glow-in-the-dark toilet seat that a Melbourne hospital credits with a cutting of falls among elderly patients, in Melbourne, 08 September 2005. The hospital has installed the toilet seats, retailing for 60 dollars ($45 USD) and which have reduced the number of falls, particularly among patients who needed to relieve themselves at night.